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KEEPING MUM: A WARTIME CHILDHOOD

Biography General War - WW2

By Brian Thompson

Synopsis

The author describes his childhood in Cambridge and London in the 1940s, where his mother danced the nights away with the Yanks and his father, who was always discouraging to his son, was mostly absent.

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Narrator Brian Thompson
Length 6hrs 14mins
Catalogue No. 7726
Publisher BBC/ Chivers Audio
Other audiobooks by Brian Thompson

CLEVER GIRL

Sequel to ‘Keeping Mum’ (7726). After a chaotic childhood, Brian Thompson spends his National Service in Kenya under a platoon sergeant, Idi Amin. On reading English at Cambridge he meets a ‘Clever Girl’ who recognises his need to escape the kind of unhappy life his parents have made for themselves.

THE WIDOW'S SECRET

When Bella Wallis discovers a crested cigar case at the scene of a murdered prostitute she is determined to solve the mystery and avenge the girl’s death. However the powerful and dangerous man to whom the case belongs is equally determined to silence her.

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